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Son of Rambow
The joys of DIY filmmaking persist in Son of Rambow.
No adult has ever been able to codify what separates a good movie from a classic. In kid terms,... More >>
By Jim Ridley
Published: May 15, 2008
Speed Racer
It’s anime on overdrive in the Wachowski brothers’ souped-up, tricked-out Speed Racer.
Converting a fondly remembered cartoon series — one of the first Japanese animes... More >>
By J. Hoberman
Published: May 8, 2008
The Duchess of Langeais
Jacques Rivette’s Duchess puts a pomo spin on the oldest of love stories.
Having returned from the center of Africa, "held prisoner by savages for two years before... More >>
By Nathan Lee
Published: May 8, 2008
Redbelt
David Mamet and his hero fight the power, and succumb to it, in Redbelt.
David Mamet's Redbelt is a tricky bar brawl: Call it the Roundhouse of Games . The... More >>
By J. Hoberman
Published: May 8, 2008
Iron Man
Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man is a thing to marvel.
Chalk it up to personal preference, but I've always been fonder of those comic-book heroes who... More >>
By Scott Foundas
Published: May 1, 2008
Made of Honor
McDreamy tries to win over his engaged gal pal in My Best Friend’s Made of Honor Wedding.
In Made of Honor , Patrick Dempsey plays a conveniently rich and willfully single serial... More >>
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: May 1, 2008
Sea Monsters
Wildlife Experience
While digging in the mud of a Kansas river bank, a group of scientists discovers... bones!... More >>
By Amber Taufen
Published: May 1, 2008
Baby Mama
Neither Tina Fey nor Amy Poehler seem the least bit invested in their surrogate-mommy comedy.
Could have sworn I've seen this episode of Baby Mama before — like sometime in January... More >>
By Robert Wilsonky
Published: April 24, 2008
The Visitor
Tom McCarthy’s preachy liberal guilt dwarfs any good intentions.
Stop me if you've heard this one before: A lonely dwarf, a wisecracking Cuban-American and a... More >>
By Scott Foundas
Published: April 24, 2008
My Blueberry Nights
Wong Kar-Wai’s first English-language foray is a minor confection.
Watching Marilyn Monroe in Cinemascope, a critic once wrote, is "like being smothered in baked... More >>
By Michelle Orange
Published: April 24, 2008
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
Harold and Kumar get shipped to Gitmo in this forced act two.
Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg wrote Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle with a novel idea:... More >>
By Robert Wilsonky
Published: April 24, 2008
Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation
Boulder High School
Fade in. Three twelve-year-old Mississippi boys find themselves enraptured by the 1981... More >>
By Sean Cronin
Published: April 24, 2008
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Jason Segel uses his balls to great effect in Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
Jason Segel is responsible for two of the most cringe-inducing, hands-in-front-of-your-face... More >>
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: April 17, 2008
Love Songs
Christophe Honoré’s Love Songs wilts in the shadow of Godard.
If the great movie musicals of yesteryear put a song in your heart, Christophe Honoré's... More >>
By Scott Foundas
Published: April 17, 2008
Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?
Leaving no gimmick unturned, that Super Size Me guy goes searching for Public Enemy No. 1.
Morgan Spurlock, the daredevil documentarian who lived on Big Macs for a month and turned this... More >>
By J. Hoberman
Published: April 17, 2008
88 Minutes
Ridiculous Al Pacino stars in ridiculous running-down-the-clock thriller, 88 Minutes.
Jon Avnet's cheesy new thriller, 88 Minutes , is 105 minutes long, and going in, I feared... More >>
By Ella Taylor
Published: April 17, 2008
The Grand
For pure cinema, nothing rivals a high-stakes, full-tilt poker game — unless it's somebody... More >>
By Jim Ridley
Published: April 10, 2008
Street Kings
Boys will be boys in Street Kings' shallow look at dirty police.
For a movie built around questions of failed ethics and duplicitous behavior, Street Kings... More >>
By Tim Grierson
Published: April 10, 2008
The Unforeseen
Man vs. nature deep in the heart of Texas in The Unforeseen.
For those growing up in weatherbeaten West Texas, someone notes early in Laura Dunn's The... More >>
By Jim Ridley
Published: April 10, 2008
Smart People
Intelligence goes soft in this more obvious than smart rom-com.
Smart people got no reason to live — and, sure, that's not quite how Randy Newman sang it,... More >>
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: April 10, 2008
Leatherheads
George Clooney’s ode to screwball comedies of yore is so close. And yet...
When Time recently featured George Clooney on its cover accompanied by the headline "The Last... More >>
By Scott Foundas
Published: April 3, 2008
Shine a Light
Scorsese and the Stones, together again.
Mick Jagger's most essential physical feature, according to Martin Scorsese: his bellystache. On... More >>
By Camille Dodero
Published: April 3, 2008
Vail Film Festival
With ski season winding down, there seem to be fewer and fewer reasons to load up the car,... More >>
By Amber Taufen
Published: April 3, 2008
Run Fatboy Run
Simon Pegg may not have the ideal physique to play hefty, but he's a good fit for FatBoy.
As John Simon once said of Jeanne Moreau — cast in a virginal role — making Simon... More >>
By Jim Ridley
Published: March 27, 2008
Stop-Loss
Iraq War movie Stop-Loss does its best not to mention the war.
Considering that the war in Iraq has proven to be Washington's shot-by-shot remake of Vietnam,... More >>
By Scott Foundas
Published: March 27, 2008
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